Willibrord Surendra Broto Rendra (born Solo, 7 November 1935) was a renowned poet who is often dubbed as the "Peacock". He founded the Theatre Workshop in Yogyakarta in 1967 and also in Depok Rendra Theatre Workshop. Since his college career he has actively writing short stories and essays in various magazines. Renda is the son of R. Cyprian Sugeng Brotoatmodjo and Raden Ayu Catharina Ismadillah.
his father is a teacher of Indonesian and Javanese language in Catholic schools, Solo, in addition to the traditional playwright, while his mother was a dancer serimpi in Surakarta palace. Rendra childhood to adolescence was spent in his native city. He started his education from kindergarten (1942) to finish his high school, high school (1952), in Catholic school, St. Joseph in the city of Solo. After graduating high school Renda went to Jakarta with the intention of going to school at the Academy of Foreign Affairs. It turns out that the academy has been closed. Then he went to Yogyakarta and entered the Faculty of Letters, University of Gajah Mada. Although not complete college, does not mean he stopped to learn. In 1954 he deepened his knowledge in the field of drama and dance in America, he received a scholarship from the American Academy of dramatical Art (Suspected). He also attended a seminar on literature at Harvard University at the invitation of the local government.
Rendra literary talents have been seen when he was in junior high school. At that time he had already showed his ability to write poetry, short stories and plays for various school activities. Not just writing, it turns out he was also an expert on the stage. He performed some of his plays, and mainly appeared as a very talented poet. He tops to publish his poetry in the mass media in 1952 through magazine. After that, his poems were flowing smoothly graced various magazines at the time, such as Story, Art, Base, Confrontation, and New Strategy. It continues as seen in magazines over the next decade, particularly magazines of the 60s and 70s. "Fake Leg" is the first drama, staged when he was in junior high, and "People in the Street Corner" is the first drama that got the award and first prize from the Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Yogyakarta. At that time he was in high school. The award was made very excited to work. Prof. A. Teeuw, in his book Modern Indonesian Literature II (1989), argues that in the history of modern Indonesian literature Renda is not included in any of the forces or groups such as Force 45, Force 60's, or 70's Force. Of his work shows that he has his own personality and freedom.
Rendra's works are not only famous in the country, but also abroad. Many of his works that have been translated into foreign languages, including English, Dutch, German, Japan and India. He also actively participates in festivals abroad, including the Rotterdam International Poetry Festival (1971 and 1979), The Valmiki International Poetry Festival, New Delhi (1985), Berliner Horizonte Festival, Berlin (1985), The First New York Festival of the Arts (1988), Spoleto Festival, Melbourne, Vagarth World Poetry Festival, Bhopal (1989), World Poetry Festival, Kuala Lumpur (1992), and Tokyo Festival (1995). Rendra to artistic activity has received
many awards, including First Prize Dramatic Writing Competition of the Arts Section of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Yogyakarta (1954) BMKN National Literature Prize (1956); Arts Award from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (1970); Gift Academy Jakarta (1975); Gift Foundation Books main, the Ministry of Education and Culture (1976), Adam Malik Award (1989), The SEA Write Award (1996) and Ahmad Bakri Award (2006).
New at the age of 24 years, he found his first love yourself Sunarti Kelvin. Of the woman whom he married on March 31, 1959, the Renda had five children: Teddy Satya Nugraha, Andreas Wahyana Revelation, Daniel Seta, Samuel Moses, and Klara Sprott. One of the students was Bendoro Raden Ayu Sitoresmi Prabuningrat, blue blood daughter of Sultan Palace, which is willing to dissolve in the lives of spontaneous and sloppy at Workshop Theatre. Jeng task Sito, so call him Renda, among others, feeding and bathing the children Rendra fourth-Sunarti.
In the end, accompanied Sunarti, Renda Sito apply to be a second wife, and Sito accept. He's dynamic, active, and had maintained health, Sito said on Renda, the Kastoyo Ramelan of Slot. The only constraint comes from Sito father who did not allow her daughter, who is Muslim, he married a Catholic youth. But it was not a big obstacle for Renda. He ever wrote litanies and psalms, as well as in the play portray Jesus Christ crucifixion drama Love in Luka, choosing to say two sentences creed on his wedding day with Sito, August 12, 1970, with witnesses and Taufiq Ismail Ajip Rosidi.
The event was, undoubtedly, invite various snide comments like Rendra converted to Islam only to polygamy. Against these allegations, Rendra gave the reason that interest in Islam is longstanding. Especially since the preparation of staging kasidah Barzanji, a few months before his marriage to Sito. But a more basic reason for the Renda, because Islam can answer the key issues that continue to haunt him for this: individual freedom entirely. I can worship God directly without requiring the help of others. So I feel I am valued individual rights, he said, quoting the Koran, which states that God is closer than one's jugular vein. After all, life under one roof with two wives accused of causing Renda as fond of publicity and fame hungry. But he responded with only mild. Like the time he entertained an Australian counterpart in Excited Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta. When looking at a peacock walking with two females, Renda exclaimed, laughing out loud, That Renda! It Rendra!. Since then, the nickname peacock attached to it until now. Of Sitoresmi, he earned four children: Yonas Salya, Sarah Draupadi, Heroine Naomi, and Rachel Saraswati. The beauty of the peacock wings tossed back to marry Ken Zuraida, third wife who bore him two sons: Isaias Sahadev and Maryam Supraba. But marriage is expensive because it must be paid shortly after the birth of Mary, Renda Sitoresmi divorced in 1979, and shortly thereafter Sunarti.
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